Curator Ian Alteveer teaches them about the cold wonder of Hockney's work and explains how a curator puts together
a retrospective of a living artist.
And for
a retrospective of a living artist to manifest itself like this, surely must supply ideas for the future.
Elderfield: At that point, the National Gallery had a rule that they could not do
retrospectives of living artists, so in response, Sylvester, Serota, and Prather organized it as a relatively small — only 80 paintings — but highly selective exhibit.
Not exact matches
Film Review by Kam Williams Reverential
Retrospective Revisits
Life and Career
of Charismatic Pop
Artist David Hockney was born in Bradford, England in 1937 which means that his formative years were substantially shaped by World War II, from the air raids to the food rationing.
The right video
artist can produce a documentary - style DVD
of your baby's first months that you might be tempted to submit to a film festival, or a biography
of your aged mother that mixes interviews and film clips just like an A&E
retrospective of a celebrity's
life.
It is a deeply overdue career
retrospective for the German
artist Isa Genzken, who was born in 1948 near Hamburg and has
lived in Berlin for the past two decades, ever since it became the center
of the German art world.
This weekend, the Whitney Museum
of American Art opens the doors for Frank Stella: A
Retrospective, the first showcase for a
living artist in its admirable new riverside home.
Following numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, as well as his participation in documenta I (1955) and documenta IV (1968), he became the first
living artist to be the subject
of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, with his career - spanning
retrospective there in 1971.
This extensive
retrospective of one
of the greatest
living artists, David Hockney, takes visitors to Tate Britain on a journey from 60s pop art and expressionism, via abstraction, modernism and post-cubism to the present day.
Every show
of living artists in these galleries is ushered in like a career
retrospective, a quasi coronation, with everything often already sold or spoken for.
This exhibition — which focused on Jay DeFeo's production following her three - year hiatus from artmaking after her completion
of The Rose, 1958 - 66, her famous, one - ton painting
of a burst
of white light — gathered forty - nine pieces from the last fifteen years
of the
artist's
life, several
of which were absent from her recent traveling US
retrospective.
On the occasion
of her touring
retrospective, the German
artist talks about her previous career in fashion, an obsession with materials, and cutting objects in two to reveal their inner
lives.
The extension to Tate St Ives will open in October with a programme that includes Warren, a Patrick Heron
retrospective and a group exhibition
of 35 female
artists responding to the
life and writings
of Virginia Woolf.
We also covered the
living daylights out
of the Whitney Biennial, got a walkthrough
of MoMA's Jasper Johns show, learned about Cubism's epic origins from the Met's Rebecca Rabinow, and received a master class on Koons from Scott Rothkopf, curator
of the
artist's
retrospective at that museum.
February 25 — May 28, 2018 Laguna Art Museum's 2018
retrospective of Tony DeLap's work includes approximately eighty paintings, sculptures, and drawings by Orange County's foremost
living artist.
Organized by Malba — Fundación Costantini and curated by Philip Larratt - Smith (Deputy Chief Curator, Malba, Buenos Aires) and Frances Morris (curator
of Kusama's
retrospective at Tate Modern, London) in collaboration with the
artist's studio, the exhibition offers an in - depth survey
of the work
of the most prominent
living Japanese
artist through over 100 carefully chosen works from 1950 to 2013, including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, videos, slideshows, and installation works.
May 2, 2018 — Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Landscapes by Renowned Hartford
Artist at Wadsworth Atheneum March 22, 2018 — Herbert Ferber
Retrospective On View Now at Wadsworth Atheneum Dec. 15, 2017 — Edward Gorey's Illustrations and Art Collection Unite in Unprecedented Exhibition at Wadsworth Atheneum Sept. 28, 2017 — MATRIX 178 Premiers Sam Messer's Newly - Completed Animation «Denis the Pirate» at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art Sept. 19, 2017 — More Than 100 Objects Illuminate Groundbreaking Art Collection
of Financier J. Pierpont Morgan Aug. 29, 2017 — Scandinavian Landscapes at Wadsworth Atheneum May 31, 2017 — Mika Tajima Contemplates Technology and Contemporary
Life in MATRIX 177 May 18, 2017 — Highlights, Rediscoveries
of American Design Trends On View in Exhibition at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art April 18, 2017 — MoMA Paintings by Warhol, Lichtenstein Featured in Pop Art Exhibition at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
of Art Feb. 2, 2017 — Brazilian Conceptual
Artist Valeska Soares Featured in Wadsworth Atheneum's 176th MATRIX Exhibition Jan. 20, 2017 — Wadsworth Atheneum Appoints Brandy S. Culp as Richard Koopman Curator
of American Decorative Arts Jan. 6, 2017 — UPDATED — Japanese Masterpieces Reunited for First Time in More Than a Century at Wadsworth Atheneum
Jay DeFeo at Mitchell - Innes & Nash May 1 — June 7 Last year's Jay Defeo
retrospective at the Whitney Museum confirmed the Bay Area
artist, who
lived from 1929 to 1989, as one
of postwar America's great, unsung artistic figures.
Washington, DC — The first
retrospective in 25 years
of work by
artist Garry Winogrand — renowned photographer
of New York City and postwar American
life — will be on view at the National Gallery
of Art, Washington, March 2 through June 8, 2014.
Ms. Abramovic, a New York - based Serbian
artist, became an international star when live performances featuring naked dancers accompanied her 2010 retrospective «The Artist is Present» at the Museum of Moder
artist, became an international star when
live performances featuring naked dancers accompanied her 2010
retrospective «The
Artist is Present» at the Museum of Moder
Artist is Present» at the Museum
of Modern Art.
In advance
of her
retrospective opening at the New Museum this week, here's an interview that renowned curator Massimiliano Gioni conducted with the
artist about her
life's protean work, from the new Phaidon monograph Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest.
And as chief curator
of New York's Museum
of Modern Art, William Rubin presented two Stella
retrospectives in 1970 and 1987, making him the only
living artist so honored.
For the
artist's spectacular career
retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum
of Art in New York City, simply titled «Louise Bourgeois,» the rotunda is dominated by two spiders locked in a pas de deux — though it's unclear if it's a dance
of love or hate,
life or death.
Exhibitions during the anniversary celebration include Opener 29: Arturo Herrera, (June 6 — August 30, 2015), featuring new works from the Berlin - based
artist's recent body
of abstract paintings for which he selected small books from flea markets, manipulating and altering the found objects; Machine Project — The Platinum Collection (
Live by Special Request), (September 19, 2015 — January 3, 2016), which will feature a series
of interventions, performances, and happenings created for the Tang by Skidmore alumnus Mark Allen in collaboration with his Los Angeles - based collective Machine Project; and Alma Thomas: A
Retrospective (February 6 — June 5, 2016), which will explore the work
of this influential but sometimes - overlooked
artist in the first museum survey
of her work since 2001.
That was in 2007, a year after the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York had given Betty, then 76, her first US
retrospective — its first ever
of a
living female
artist.
Nicholas Krushenick: Electric Soup is the latest in a series
of exhibitions at the Tang that present in - depth surveys
of underappreciated modern and contemporary
artists, including Someday is Now: The Art
of Corita Kent (2013); Nancy Grossman: Tough
Life Diary (2012); Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History (2009); Joachim Schmid Photoworks 1982 — 2007 (2007); Richard Pettibone: A
Retrospective (2005); and America Starts Here: Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler (2005); among others.
In addition to the exhibition at Pace, Hockney's work will be the subject
of two major upcoming museum exhibitions: David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still
Life which opens in July at the Royal Academy, London, showing the
artist's recent paintings done in his Los Angeles studio, and a
retrospective of his work opening at the Tate Britain in February 2017, traveling to the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York.
Zarina's first - ever
retrospective, spanning 50 years
of the Indian - born
artist's work, presents not only a deeply felt personal commentary on a
life lived in exile, but also a catalog
of the remarkable breadth
of technique that has become integrated into the printer's art in the last half century.
The museum has made a similar case before, in
retrospectives of such progressive
artists as Camille Pissarro, Chaim Soutine and Soutine still
life, George Segal, and Chantal Akerman.
Now, the
artist's
life work is being celebrated in the first museum
retrospective since his death at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts in the 90 - painting blockbuster «Procession: The Art
of Norman Lewis.»
Richter, subject
of a major
retrospective at Tate Modern in 2011, already held the
living artist record after Eric Clapton sold Richter's Abstraktes Bild for # 21.3 m in London in 2012.
Exhibitions during the anniversary celebration include Opener 29: Arturo Herrera (through August 23, 2015), featuring new works from the Berlin - based
artist's recent body
of abstract paintings for which he manipulated small books found at flea markets; Machine Project — The Platinum Collection (
Live by Special Request), (September 19, 2015 — January 3, 2016), which will feature a series
of interventions, performances, and happenings created for the Tang by Skidmore alumnus Mark Allen in collaboration with his Los Angeles - based collective Machine Project; Affinity Atlas (September 5, 2015 — January 3, 2016), inspired by the work
of pioneering cultural theorist and art historian Aby Warburg, charts an exploratory path built upon idiosyncratic treasures and contemporary art culled from the Tang's and Skidmore's collections; and Alma Thomas: A
Retrospective (February 6 — June 5, 2016), which will explore the work
of this influential but sometimes overlooked
artist in the first museum survey
of her work since 2001.
This is not to say that the gallery is consumed with the latest thing — in recent years, Boesky has pulled off major coups in securing the representation
of two legendary
living artists, the Arte Povera sculptor Pier Paolo Calzolari and the Minimalist icon Frank Stella, the latter
of which recently made news when it was announced that his first major
retrospective since 1970 will be the first show to fill a full floor
of the Whitney's new Meatpacking District building when it opens next spring.
The model
of the hermetic
artist - genius in the studio who
lives off a stipend from a wealthy commercial gallery and has a museum
retrospective by the time she is thirty - five has been replaced by the model
of artist as creative opportunity - maker and community - builder.
He is the only
living artist to have had two
retrospectives at the Museum
of Modern Art, New York, in 1970 and 1987.
His latest
retrospective at Open Eye Gallery highlights a number
of large - scale oils, drawings and watercolours from a career spanning over fifty years, which was heavily influenced by the
artist's
life - long muse and inspiration, Helen Bellany.
In 1969, he was a recipient
of the Order
of Canada and was given a traveling
retrospective exhibition by the National Gallery
of Canada, what was an unusual honour for a
living artist at the time.
This homage to German
artist, Blinky Palermo, was created on the occasion
of McElheny's exhibition, If you
lived here, you'd be home by now at the Hessel Museum
of Art, and accompanying the
retrospective of Blinky Palermo at the CCS galleries and Dia: Beacon, both on view in 2011.
As the Royal Academy gear up for a
retrospective of the Chinese
artist and activist Ai Weiwei, we look back at the
life of this most radical and visionary provocateur.
Mid-20th century
retrospectives included a 1957
Life magazine photo essay called «Women
Artists in Ascendancy» and the 1965 exhibit «Women
Artists of America, 1707 - 1964,» curated by William H. Gerdts, at the Newark Museum.
-- Lawrence Campbell To honor the diverse audience Marisol's work has engaged, and in keeping with the museum mission
of enriching
lives through the power
of art, several community exhibitions, Brooks + collaborations, and museum programs happened throughout the summer in conjunction with the
artist's first major
retrospective, Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper.
Tate Modern's Joan Jonas
retrospective spans over 50 years
of the
artist's career and includes six days
of live performances.
We present rare and rediscovered prints
of movie classics, new and historic works by the world's great film directors, restored silent films with
live musical accompaniment, thematic
retrospectives, and innovative works made by today's film, video, and new media
artists working in the areas
of animation, documentary, experimental, and fiction film.
Comprising over 290 works gathered from public and private collections around the world, this inclusive
retrospective, which will be seen in its entirety only at the Museum
of Modern Art, will occupy the Museum's entire sixth floor — the first time that entire level has been devoted to the work
of a
living artist.
The RA present a
retrospective of one
of America's greatest
living artists
Coinciding with MoMA's Broodthaers
retrospective, Kasmin offers an unprecedented show in the U.S. including 20
artist books created between 1957 — 1975, and 26 editioned works from 1964 — 1975 — plus an iconic installation featuring a
living African gray parrot and an audio loop
of the
artist reciting his poetry.
The most popular exhibition
of a
living artist ever held at the Tate was David Hockney's recent
retrospective, which attracted 478,082 visitors.
Each
of Hodgkin's paintings - and there are more than 60 in Tate Britain's
retrospective - is a distillation
of some event, a place or an encounter in the
artist's
life, reworked and reinvented through painting.
Some
of Johanson's words and compositions feel like heirlooms from a long and ragtag coastal tradition
of poets,
artists, and musicians: Wallace Berman's mystical photocopies and seminal Semina culture; the poem - paintings
of Kenneth Patchen; the beaming peacenik posters
of Sister Corita Kent; the blurring between art and
life embodied by Allan Kaprow (the subject
of a 2008 MOCA
retrospective); all filtered through the dirty socks
of punk and the wondrous messy freedom that tumbled out
of that.
One expects dealers, too, to consign any number
of living artists to the past, such as John Chamberlain (who I should add died later in the year before a Chamberlain
retrospective) and Alfred Leslie, although Leslie keeps fighting back.